12-01-2017, 03:57 PM
(12-01-2017, 02:03 PM)tomh009 Wrote: Downsizing a significant percentage of (non-arterial) residential streets is probably a non-starter even in the medium-long term. Maybe someday, but for now the combination of costs and resident resistance would surely kill any such initiative.
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There are other issues too, like fire departments refuse to allow narrower streets for various uncompelling reasons.
But some of our streets are just ridiculous. Blue springs dr. is a good example. It's basically a dead end driveway for a couple of condo buildings, and it has parking on one side, yet it's about 3-4 lanes wide with no markings. How much money is spent to pave such a road, and how much environmental damage occurs because of the wide paved surface. For what benefit? Such a waste.